Category Archives: Blogging

It’s #NationalRelaxationDay Open Thread

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Woke Lola

In a recent study, researchers found that taking just 20-30 minutes a day to walk or sit in a place that you identify as being in contact with nature can reduce your stress hormones. How are you relaxing today?#NationalRelaxationDay#ThursdayThoughtshttps://t.co/jrJwCCT3Cg pic.twitter.com/r2qv5tvfLH — … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Fun Stuff | 145 Comments

How Did We Get Here?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Woke Lola

Almost 9 years ago I got told to sit down and STFU. I didn’t go quietly or complacently. I did what I normally did at that time, which was to continue to participate in the general political conversation. For probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Freedom of Speech | 125 Comments

They Did It To Themselves

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Ian Welsh: A brief note on why the progressive blog movement failed In the early 2000s progressive blogging seemed like a big deal. At the first Yearly Kos, as it was called then, big name politicians came and kissed our … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Blogging, Nutroots Nation, Obamanation, Tea Party, Vile Progs | Tagged , , , , | 125 Comments

I Have of Late (But wherefore I know not)

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Woke Lola

I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, clusterfucks, Politics | 84 Comments

Late Night Open Thread

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Woke Lola

It could be worse. Prohibition might have stuck. This is an open thread. You know what to do.

Posted in Blogging | 48 Comments

What Goes Around, Comes Around

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Newsbusters: Chuck Todd: Obama ‘Hates’ ‘Internet Media and Social Media’ NBC’s Chuck Todd told an inconvenient truth about Barack Obama on Sunday’s Meet the Press. CHUCK TODD: What I wonder how many people realized at the end [of Saturday’s White … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Blogging, Media, Media Zombies | Tagged , , , | 45 Comments

Katie Pavlich Is A Bad Person!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Townhall: Katie Pavlich Wins CPAC Blogger of the Year Townhall’s Katie Pavlich has won the Blogger of the Year honor from the Conservative Political Action Conference, capping off an incredible conference and a huge award for Pavlich. From the ACU’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged | 36 Comments

Do you have bitch-fatigue?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Woke Lola

I do. If it’s not Bobby Jindal or Ron Paul, it’s the lame-asses on the right or stupid-asses on the left. Then there’s Donald Trump & Bill Maher, both categories unto themselves. Maybe we should all just have more unsafe … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | 13 Comments

Karma is a bitch

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Myiq2xu

Netroots Bloggers Mark 10th Birthday in Decline and Struggling for Survival Susie Madrak started blogging in 2001, just after Sept. 11, back when the country was hurtling head-first into war and the blogosphere was a mysterious frontier on the far … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Blogging, Vile Progs | Tagged , , | 99 Comments

Nutpicking

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Myiq2xu

Joe Cannon: Bringing The Crazy Obama is, by any normal measure, vulnerable. He hasn’t been a good president, and I see no reason to believe that he would improve during a second term. If he manages to hold onto the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Media Zombies | Tagged , | 27 Comments

What is a “real” journalist?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Myiq2xu

Before there was Andrew Breitbart, there was Michelle Malkin to hate: ‘Real Journalists Are Apologists for Corrupt-ocracy’: Michelle Malkin Takes on Juan Williams in Tense Live TV Segment Things got a little more heated than usual on tonight’s Hannity in … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Media Zombies | Tagged , | 54 Comments

What happened to Netroots?

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Myiq2xu

Enthusiasm, frustration at Netroots Nation Jane Bettinson’s brother listens to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. As a result, she says, he believes the White House is in very liberal hands. Her retort: “I would say, ‘No dear, I’m far left; … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Nutroots Nation | Tagged , | 26 Comments